Chapter 34

"But they hold a grain of truth," I point out. "Rumors of a darker past, murder without need, injustices against those innocent...there is a hint of truth to them. What people would whisper in the palace walls, I learned to make a note of it." I remember hearing of Leo having a darker past, for he even told me he was someone else when Lillian was around.  "What is this about?" Leo asks, his voice turning defensive as I try and hold my head high.  "Lillian was one hell of a woman," I look away from Leo, "you often described her with such a phrase. I knew she was a shadow of your past, but she was manipulative ever since she dug her claws into you."  I remember comparing myself to Lillian back in my past life, wondering if I could ever measure up to her. I now know that I will never measure up to the insane person she was, for she deserved the death which came to her, for she ordered the deaths of so many people. "I once thought you would let go to